1. "The ABCs of Death" (2012)

26 horror directors are each given a letter of the alphabet as a starting point to create a scary short.

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2. "The Babadook" (2014)

Matt Nettheim via Sundance Institute

A single mother struggling to keep up with her rambunctious son begins to lose it after a strange children's book comes to her doorstep.

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3. "The Bad Batch" (2016)

Neon

Set in a dystopian future where the bad are thrown into a cannibal-filled wasteland in Texas, a girl (Suki Waterhouse) tries to survive. Movie stars Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and an unrecognizable Jim Carrey.

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4. "Children of the Corn" (1984)

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Adapted from a Stephen King story, a young couple is trapped in a remote town where the children believe everyone over 18 must die.

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5. "Creep" (2014)

Blumhouse/YouTube

Things get creepy for videographer Aaron when he answers a Craigslist ad by Josef to film him for one day.

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6. "The Devil's Candy" (2015)

IFC Midnight

Mix heavy metal, Satan worship, and a haunted house and you get this insane horror that stars a very ripped Ethan Embry.

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7. "The Eyes of My Mother" (2016)

Magnet Releasing

This disturbing black-and-white slow burn horror from first-time director Nicolas Pesce looks at a young woman with some dark desires.

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8. "Gremlins" (1984)

If you want a little fun with your scares, try on this classic from 1984. Joe Dante's look at a creature that you really should never feed after midnight, leads to a town overcome by destructive monsters.

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9. "Hellraiser" (1987)

New World Pictures

Clive Barker's classic explores a frightening alternate dimension when a family discovers an ominous puzzle box. It also includes one of horror's greatest characters, Pinhead.

Pleasant dreams.

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10. "Honeymoon" (2014)

Magnet Releasing

Newly married and spending their honeymoon in a rustic cabin, Bea and Paul don't have a care in the world. Until they go mad.

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11. "The Host" (2006)

Magnolia Pictures

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's mixture of action, horror, and comedy is highlighted perfectly in this tale of a sea monster that emerges from Seoul's Han River.

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12. "The Invitation" (2015)

Drafthouse Films

An intense thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. You'll think twice about going to that dinner party you were invited to after watching this.

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13. "It Follows" (2014)

Radius

After a sexual encounter a young woman is haunted by spirits she can't escape.

14. "Jaws" (1975)

One of the reasons Steven Spielberg's classic is so memorable is the tension that it builds even though you rarely see the shark.

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15. "Monsters" (2010)

Magnet Releasing

Six years after an alien invasion, an American journalist in Mexico tries to get back to the US border, but aliens are looking to strike at any moment.

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16. "Mother" (2009)

Magnolia Pictures

No, the Darren Aronofsky movie isn't already on Netflix. This is the movie that made Aronofsky include the "!" at the end of his title. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this Hitchcockian thriller follows a loyal mother who is in search of the real killer behind the murder her son is accused of.

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17. "Night Watch" (2004)

Fox Searchlight

In present-day Moscow, forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle. This action-packed thriller quickly became the highest-grossing Russian release ever.

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18. "The Number 23" (2007)

New Line Cinema

Want a really weird Jim Carrey movie? Check this one where he plays a guy who is convinced a novel is written about him.

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19. "Open Windows" (2014)

Cinedigm

Before Nacho Vigalondo made his critically-acclaimed "Colossal," he did this thriller all told through the POV of a desktop. Elijah Wood and Sasha Grey star.

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20. "Ravenous" (1999)

20th Century Fox

This dark comedy/horror sent in 1840s California looks at a group of men — including Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle — stationed at a fort that investigate a gruesome tale of cannibalism.

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21. "Raw" (2016)

Focus World

This one you shouldn't skip. We follow the journey of Justine (Garance Marillier) from vegetarian to a thirst for meat that goes a little too far, after going through a carnivorous hazing ritual.

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22. "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (2015)

The Stanford Prison Experiment/IFC Films/YouTube

Want to feel really uncomfortable? Check out this look at 24 male students who go through a mock prison experience in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

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23. "Starry Eyes" (2014)

MPI

To obtain fame and fortune, a young starlet enters into a deadly agreement.

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24. "Train to Busan" (2016)

Well Go USA

When a zombie outbreak happens in South Korea, a group of people on a train have to fight their way to survival.

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25. "Under the Shadow" (2016)

Sundance Film Festival

Set in 1980s war-torn Tehran, a mother and daughter struggle with a post-revolution world, as well as an evil spirit that seems to be in their home.

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26. "V/H/S" (2012)

Magnet Releasing

This series of shorts made by some of the best indie horror directors working today — Adam Wingard, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid — brings back the great 1980s horror works like "Cat's Eye" and "Creepshow."

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27. "We Need To Talk About Kevin" (2011)

Oscilloscope

Sometimes horror comes in the form of a very dark drama. Here Tilda Swinton plays a mother struggling to love her child, who grows up to be extremely disturbed (played with pure evil by Ezra Miller).